Lawyer now says 2 witnesses have given statements exonerating Winston on the night in question.

Someone really needs to call TMZ out for their ******** aimed at a college kid who did nothing wrong.

Whoa... Nothing wrong and exonerated mean two totally different things. I did nothing wrong in College when I went home and played video games. If I was arrested for anything and then cleared (Money talks, by the way) I would be exonerated.

If it looks like a cover-up, and smells like a cover-up, I'll just take your word as an unbiased Florida State fan and think nothing ever happened that night.

Needing to pull out a big win against maybe the Big XII's hottest team in K-State. We definitely have the defense to, just need the offense to put up more than 10 points.

Can't wait for this off-season when we clear house with our offensive staff. I know he wouldn't leave, but I'd LOVE Chad Morris from Clemson to come over. He's making $1.3 million there in Clemson, so that'd be a lot of money for us to offer an assistant.

TMZ may get sued for libel. Alleged suspect is 5'9 to 5'11 and 240. Jameis is 6'4 and 220.

That's a huge height discrepancy. The average American male height is about 5'10" and once you get more than a few inches over that, people start wildly overestimating how tall you are. To the typical person, 6'4" is practically a giant. There's basically no way that somebody gave a description of Winston being average height. It's probably more likely that somebody would overshoot and estimate him at something closer to 6'9".

TMZ may get sued for libel. Alleged suspect is 5'9 to 5'11 and 240. Jameis is 6'4 and 220.

I, like everyone else I'm sure, would be more than happy if TMZ ever got sued for libel. However, did TMZ say that Winston raped someone? No. Did they say that he was investigated/part of an investigation for an alleged sexual assault? Yes. Was he investigated/part of an investigation for an alleged sexual assualt? Yes.

To my knowledge, TMZ has not reported anything that is blatantly false or accused Winston of anything that is blatantly false. They won't be sued for libel, or if they are I would imagine it won't be very successful.

Now, if I missed something in their reporting that directly accuses him or says that he did it, that's different. But I tend to avoid reading TMZ as much as possible, and it would be much bigger news if they outright said he did it and it was false.

I, like everyone else I'm sure, would be more than happy if TMZ ever got sued for libel. However, did TMZ say that Winston raped someone? No. Did they say that he was investigated/part of an investigation for an alleged sexual assault? Yes. Was he investigated/part of an investigation for an alleged sexual assualt? Yes.

To my knowledge, TMZ has not reported anything that is blatantly false or accused Winston of anything that is blatantly false. They won't be sued for libel, or if they are I would imagine it won't be very successful.

Now, if I missed something in their reporting that directly accuses him or says that he did it, that's different. But I tend to avoid reading TMZ as much as possible, and it would be much bigger news if they outright said he did it and it was false.

The lawsuit side is interesting in California that seems to allow for implied libel cases, such as what was done with Winston. Now accusing the TPD of a cover up when they were falling routine procedure in a case may in fact get them sued, especially because the TPD is going through some image issues right now as it is (that are not in any way related to FSU).

As an attorney what really disturbs me is the way Levin does it at TMZ. He stirs up an imaginary hornets nest implies horrific things and gets away with it. It is one thing when it's aimed at ultra rich celebrities, it is another when aimed at amateur athletes, regardless of their fame.

I agree, it's a complete scumbag thing to do and the entire existence of TMZ is the definition of scumbag. But ya, unless there is some local/state law that is different, I don't really see anything illegal or anything they've done that is grounds for a lawsuit. They dug up an old story and published that Winston was either directly involved or investigated as a result of the police report. I dount they will get get sued and lose this one case where they "imply" that it was him, when they use the same reporting tactics for all their stories. There's nothing different about this one.